Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-09-19

FoREciSTTSG The CHANCES OF RACE By FAR MORE
INTERESTING THAN ANY THAT Has TAKEN PLACE
TIE THISTLE TO BE pRY-DoCKED ON WEDNESDAY.
From the New York SIM.
The Thistle will be put on one OF the two big
CRAVING or Gugout docks OF Messrs. Handren Il
Robins, at the foot OF Van Brunt street. South
Brooklyn. on Wednesday. scotch skill and ex-
perence ~ The best sort viii be exercised on her
steel hull Tor three days, and she Will then be
nOJtet u il possible 10 exclude the public from
the dock. 4 representative OF the dock owners
said yesterday: "The owner OF the Scotch yacht
has lGt yet decided whether he will exclude the
pablic or not While no responsible person is pre-
vented from going TO our docks at any time, we
are careful as 10 whom we admit. If Mr..
Bell expects that To suspend all other busl-
ness, however, on account OF the Thistle he is
likely to find that has made a mistake, for we
would entertain no such proposition, but we
shall AXE every precautiOn toward the exclusion
VI irresponsible persons, 10 say the least
WHAT THE CAPTAISS SAY.
Gen Paine said he was as well satisfied as the
public seemed 10 De over the Volunteers superb
performance on Friday. He thought the Thistle's
qualities had not been exaggerated and that she
was a foe worthy of his steel clipper capt Barr
Is reported nave said that he sailed the Thistle
as well Is he could on Friday, considering the dis
advantages under which she 4dbOred. lncludlng
the dlngy aStcrn, foul bottom and two boats on
the dayitS- The MaytiOwer has gone out or COM
mission Capt. CravenS says he IL confident that
the Volunteer Will beat the Thistle. "bIow high or
blow low He believes that the Mayflower her
sell could also vdnquish the scotch yacht or give
her i very lively tuSole.
VOLUNTEER STOCK HAS GONE up
This is what Mr. Jay Gould said yesterday, when
asked what he thought about the future OF the
Americas cup. Mr.. Gould saw the great trial
race OF Friday. He watched It closely from the
-Atalanta'S bridge. In saying that the Volunteer
stock had gone up h conceded with the opinion
OF very large majority OF the yachtsmen who
followed the 6i- yachts In the dukes aud fiurries
81 The
speed made by the Volunteer when lacking home
after turning the last mark in the race OF Friday
that made every body confident in her strength.
Certainly that was most wonderful performance.
especially under the circumstances, and these
flower was undoubtedly better boat than she
was a year ago. She carried larger mainsaIl by
a good many square yards than she had last
year, and that this to her advantage
was testified to by those who handled her.
Mr.. Burgess, her designer, recommended the
additional canvas. she was in the pink
OF condition. on the other hand, the
Volunteer was In bad condition, and she carried
her old mainsai instead OF the new and larger one
that she viii carry. That the Mayfiower was well
handled all agree; the wonderful recovery after
her big balloon topsail was blown out OF the bolt
\rOpeS, and the fact that she made shorter and
better course OF the reach FROM the Hayiland in
toward the Electra, and w1thal lost so little on
that reach and the reach out again, prove the sea-
manShIp OF those in charge OF her, If any proof OF
II were needed She carried her tOpSail as long
She could, and she made grand hight. She simply
has not got 50 good model as the volunteer and
the superiority OF the new boat over the old in
beating 10 windward shows how much better the
new model Is The enthusiasm which that mani
hest superiority excited in the spectators was
1GSiiilaole.
GOING TOO FAR.
But when the spectators came to argue from
what they saw during the beat to windward that
the Thistle had she been regularly in the race
would have been left where the Mayfiower was
they were going too far. The Thistle would have
Deen Ia no such place. 1t is very well TO say that
the little slx-ounce dlngey lowed behind the
NpiT hero
The TWO gigs hanging at the dav1ts. But there
was one thing that did hold her back more than
1u three boats combined, and that was the foul
ness or her bottom. Who would sail q race with
OUT nrot docking and cleaning his boat? And yet
the Thistle had not been cleaned, although she
ba1 sailed across the ocean, and had been, for
many days lying III the fouling waters of New
YORK harDor. How much an hour would glass
snloOth DOltOu De worth 10 her? ANY one who
Will take trouble 10 row around her blisterS
In me paint as big as mans hand. Those bllsters
VIII not be there Oh race day.
WHERE THE THISTLE WILL HAVE THE BEST CHANCE
The inside course, the course from Owls Head
In the upper bay out to Sandy Hook Light ship
ana back, is where the Thistle win have the best
chance OF winning. There is likely to be more
reaching and running before the wind on this
course In proportion TO the beating than on the
TWO courses that must be laid at sea. IL is not
impossible that the entire course, through shift
or wind, should be covered with sheets started
No one need be surprised 10 see the Thistle win
the first race No patriot need be diSheartened il
she does. In one OF the outside races unless Abe
gets lucky shift of wind, she must beat 10 miles
dead against the wind. In the other 20 In beat
Ing those distances the Volunteer may be trusted
10 recover any distance she may lose In running
free, and enough more TO win handsomely.
There are able yachtSmen who may doubt
~ r.a Su ,,e envs0 Mno WI" III 1ahe one trouble
on the other side, published IN the British pa
pers, win md that she always gained when her
balloon 10 and SILK Splnnaker were set, and that
even the Genesta could give her good fight to
w1ndward In good breeze. One OF her best races
was that OF May 81 from Harwich TO SOuthend. II
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the course In a trifie more than five hours The
Thistle showed here that she was barely able to
but after the lightship was rounded and the silk
spinnaker set the others were left handsomely
Where would the Genesta be beside the Volunteer?
THE MOST INTERESTING RACES EVER SAILED
VI one thing the public may rest assured, the In
ternational races Of this year Will be Interesting
beyond any races ever sailed Each boat is far
ahead OF anything of its kind; each Is manned by
a crew and commanded by yachtsman as good
as ever snugged away under a weather-rail or
handled tiller Neither boat is likely to have
the advantage Of the whole of any course. There
Will be 1un enough for those who get homesick
when they think OF the Highlands OF ScOtland
They can cheer themselves nOarse with good rea-
son. as they see the Thistle running away from the
sloOp down the wind 10 the turn. And then when
once around. the Yankees who have, during the
run, sulked and walked about with faces as long
as the pictures OF Brother Jonathan can gather
ABOUT the weather-rails OF the excursion
steamers and say Well" with the air OF a man
E4ks on . narrowing breadth OF water
Win each graceful sweep OF the lOng-nosed
sl0op over the long rollers the excitement viii
Use, until by and by they Will see the Volunteer
come up into the wind and Ill away on another
Tack, and then, as they are almost ready TO saw
there VIII te collision. they will see the black
hull OF the cutter drop out OF sight under the lee
Ol the geaIning white hull OF the SloOp, and wild
with enthusiasm, they will take OF hats and puIl
cut handkerchiefs, and, standing on tiptoe will
yell Ike COmanche Indians, while steam whistles
by the hundred VIII add screech and below and
cannOnS will roar. II will be such race as peO-
PIE Will tell stories about TO their grandchildren
and wnen Di-centennial national celebrations are
he!d IN The 10th century IL will be said with great
respect, OF some OF the old men In the procession
that they saw the wonderful Sloop Volunteer beat
the wonderful cutter Thistle-wonderful for that
age-in the year 1887.
Volunteers Big Betting Boom.
From the New York Star
The superb performance OF Gen. Paines gallant
slOop, the Volunteer, In running away from the
Mayfiower in fridays race, has stimulated Amert
can patriotism to such degree that the betting
Cd the impending International event has become
quite lopsded IN favor OF Americas crack Yacht,
Before the Volunteer had had the chance to show
her mettle, an orer Of odds against the Thistle
was considered very rash venture. Much money
was placed On the result OF the contest for the
cup at even figures, but now the Yankee sIoon
has the call in the betting and O m ca